Senator
Reid Has No Idea
By Kevin Zeese
25 July, 2007
Countercurrents.org
I
attended the MoveOn.org rally on Tuesday night where Speaker Pelosi
and Leader Reid discussed how they were going to "end the war"
and "bring our troops home" with the Levin-Reed Amendment.
When I asked if they meant all the troops, I was quickly told to, "shut
up" and muscled aside by security. A fellow Marine Mom was treated
in much the same manner and we couldn't get over how much like the Republicans
the "Anti-Escalation" folks were acting. (Video link below.)
I thought maybe I missed
something in the Amendment and should reread it to ensure I did not
miss anything. Yet an in-depth analysis of the Amendment is not needed
in order to find the contradictions. A quick glance paired with recent
statements made by Senator Reid prove that it holds no ambitions of
easing the minds of military families and moms who want to know, "how
do you choose which of our sons and daughters to abandon in Iraq?"
The Amendment provides for
our troops to come home, except for the following three reasons:
(1) Protect United States
and Coalition personnel and infrastructure,
(2) Provide logistical support
for Iraqi security forces and to
(3) Engage in counter-terrorism
operations against international terrorism groups and their local affiliates.
I had an opportunity to ask
Leader Reid about how many troops will be abandoned in Iraq. He bluntly
stated, "we haven't spoken to the military yet, at that this stage
we don't know." We don't know? They have pushed and prodded for
this Amendment and they don't know? If Members of Congress do not have
any idea how large of a future force this amendment calls for, then
how can we as military families possibly support it? Senator Reid has
admitted that this proposed "pull-out plan" does nothing yet
leave the decision up to the military leadership, who take their direction
from President Bush.
It must be made clear to
the public that the Levin-Reed Amendment does not call for a specific
withdrawal from Iraq nor does it seek to revamp the American mission
in the region. Representatives such as Senator Reid and Speaker Pelosi
who proudly boast of being men and women of peace; disgrace not only
their own selves, yet also the millions of true warriors of peace in
this country, when they back a plan that will leave America's future
in Iraq to military generals. The Levin-Reed Amendment is nothing more
than a political stunt that calls for, at best, a smaller war, not an
end to the occupation which the American public and the world yearns
to see.
Under the Amendment, our
sons and daughters will be abandoned with no way home. Maybe if it wasn't
our sons and daughters being abandoned we could join in with MoveOn
and American's Against Escalation and be thankful the Democrats want
some of them home. Next time you say, "support the troops,"
try to include all the troops.
Senator Reid and Speaker
Pelosi and all of the other Democratic leadership; we plead you to push
forward legislation that will bring "all" our sons and daughters
home from this occupation. We cannot support an amendment that provides
for leaving stranded an "unknown" amount of our troops. Until
that time, the peace movement will continue to speak out against these
cruel promises of withdrawing our troops. We will also continue to struggle
against MoveOn.org and other such groups that blindly fall in line with
the Democratic Party and their anti-escalation, not-anti-war, agenda.
You
Tube Video, Tina & Grassroots America Interviews Harry Reid on the
War and impeachment
Tina Richards is the director
of Grass Roots America (www.GrassRootsAmericaForUs.org) and the mother
of Marine Cloy Richards.
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